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Free Summer Concerts
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M. Ward at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, 2008
The schedule for some of the FREE summer concerts are starting to roll in, and so far so good. Here’s what I know so far (please note that there are ticketed shows at some of these venues this summer. Those listed here are all free):
South Street Seaport:
June 27 – New York City Opera
July 03 – Here We Go Magic and Bachelorette
July 10 – The Pains of Being Pure… More »
M83 at Irving Plaza
French group M83 played Irving Plaza on Saturday, January 24. The band was in town to open for The Killers at Madison Square Garden the following night so they added this solo show. The band opened for themselves with an “ambient set” which was beautiful but slow. They soon got the energy up though with their regular set and the show that unfolded was great. They mostly played songs from their album Saturdays=Youth that came out in 2008 and was… More »
What To Do This Weekend
Ponytail at Music Hall of Williamsburg during CMJ 2008
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Got no plans? Here are some:
Friday:
Valerie Collective at Webster Hall. The Valerie Collective is “a group of like-minded DJs and musicians from West France that fuse authentic 80s synths with modern indie/electronica. They sound like Daft Punk doing an ’80s movie soundtrack…” RSVP here for reduced admission.
Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets still available.
The Choke, Fiasco, The Back C.C.s, and GDFX for FREE.
Golden Triangle, Tall Firs, Garotas… More »
TOP 15 ALBUMS OF 2008
I know you have all been waiting with bated breath, so I will keep you waiting no longer. Forthwith are my Top 15 Albums of 2008.
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Lykke Li, Youth Novels
14.
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Clark, Turning Dragon
13.
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Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
12.
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Jamie Lidell, Jim
11.
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Shearwater, Rook
10.
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The Dodos, Visiter
9.
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Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
8.
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Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
7.
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Thao Nguyen, We Brave Bee Stings And All
6.
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Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
5.
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Magnetic Fields, Distortion
4.
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Cut Copy, In Ghost Colors
3.
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M83, Saturdays=Youth
2.
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Bands’ Top Ten Albums of 2008
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Wondering what Ryan Adams’ favorite album of 2008 is? Or maybe you want to know Chromeo’s choice for Best New Artist? Filter Magazine asked some of this year’s top artists to name their Top Ten and will be releasing a selection every week in December. Here’s who they have out so far:
M83′s Anthony Gonzalez
Ladytron
Kaiser Chiefs
Ra Ra Riot
Chromeo
Ryan Adams
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle
Steve Wynn
The Dandy Warhols’ Peter Holmstrom
The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner
Grizzly Bear’s Edward Droste
Earlimart
Butch Vig
Everest
Starsailor’s James Walsh
Sloan’s Patrick… More »
So Much To Do This Weekend!
As usual, there are a lot of fun concerts going on this weekend, and many of them still have tickets available. So get on it!
Friday
Adele @ Apple Store in Soho at 7 p.m. FREE
Wordless Music Presents: Hauschka, Tom Brosseau, Mischa Simonyan @ (le) Poisson Rouge 8 p.m.
Fixed with JDH and Dave P @ (le) Poisson Rouge at 11 p.m.
Robot Rock with Etan from Passion Pit DJing record release party for Dances With White Girls @ Le Royale. Free with RSVP.
Kadman… More »
CDs You Should Have Heard By Now
Happy Independence Day! Since it is halfway through the year I thought I would do a roundup of my favorite releases so far. These are in no particular order…
Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
The ultimate dance party album, the samples Greg Gillis uses this time around are out of control.
Sam Sparro: Black and Gold
New electro-soul master originally from Down Under, sounds like Jamie Lidell with a dash of LCD Soundsystem.
Beach House: Devotion
Baltimore’s dreamy duo is back with another moody opus.
The… More »
M83 Releasing New Album, Touring
French electronic artist M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez) is releasing a new album called Saturdays = Youth on April 15 and the first single, “Couleurs,” is streaming on the myspace page. North American tour dates below:
Tue 5/20 Los Angeles @Echoplex
Wed 5/21 San Francisco @Great American Music Hall
Fri 5/23 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Sat 5/24 Vancouver @ Richards on Richards
Sun 5/25 Seattle @ Neumos
Wed 5/28 Minneapolis @ Triple Rock Club
Thu 5/29 Chicago @Empty Bottle
Fri 5/30 Toronto @The Mod Club
Sat 5/31 Montreal … More »